Woodrow Wilson actually said...

We shall regard the war as won only when the German people say to us, through properly accredited representatives, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done.

Context

Fifth Annual Message

12/03/1917

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